VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Black smoke emerged from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel at 21:00 on Wednesday evening, signalling that a first ballot ...

As the conclave gathers in the Vatican to select a new pope, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly spoke to CFR ...

The first conclave in more than a decade comes during an uncertain time for the church, which is facing difficult decisions ...

The highly secretive process of picking a new pope began on Wednesday behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel in ...

The chances the cardinals would agree on a new leader in their first vote were vanishingly remote, so today’s result reveals ...

VATICAN CITY -- The conclave to elect the 267th pope and successor to Pope Francis has gotten underway Wednesday. In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where ...

Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday (May 7) from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney signals no pope was elected after the first vote, as 133 cardinals begin the most diverse conclave in Catholic Church history to choose Francis’ successor.

Cardinals have begun the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, a process steeped in tradition and ritual, as Catholics ...